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Criterium racing at the Peter Watts Criterium Track in Toowoomba.
Alan McIntosh Photography has added a photo to the pool:
Criterium racing at the Peter Watts Criterium Track in Toowoomba.
Alan McIntosh Photography has added a photo to the pool:
Criterium racing at the Peter Watts Criterium Track in Toowoomba.
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In the morning at Echo point Blue mountains, Katooba, NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Have a good weekend.
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Autumn has some beautiful sunrises here in Sydney and I managed to capture one a few weeks ago at Bradley's Head.
Canon 24-70 f/2.8L II USM
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Families earning $300,000 annually -- placing them among America's highest earners -- are increasingly finding themselves unable to afford elite college tuition without taking on substantial debt. Bloomberg's analysis of financial aid data from 50 selective colleges reveals households earning between $100,000 and $300,000 occupy a precarious middle ground: too affluent for meaningful aid but insufficiently wealthy to absorb annual costs approaching $100,000.
The squeeze begins around $150,000 income, where families typically contribute 20% ($30,000) annually toward tuition. At $270,000 income, expected contributions reach $61,000 per year. Most institutions eliminate financial aid entirely at approximately $400,000 income. Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania recently expanded free tuition thresholds to $200,000, acknowledging this middle-class pressure. The changes take effect for 2025-26.
The squeeze begins around $150,000 income, where families typically contribute 20% ($30,000) annually toward tuition. At $270,000 income, expected contributions reach $61,000 per year. Most institutions eliminate financial aid entirely at approximately $400,000 income. Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania recently expanded free tuition thresholds to $200,000, acknowledging this middle-class pressure. The changes take effect for 2025-26.
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Intel is grappling with an unexpected market shift as customers eschew its new AI-focused processors for cheaper previous-generation chips. The company revealed during its recent earnings call that demand for older Raptor Lake processors has surged while its newer, more expensive Lunar Lake and Meteor Lake AI PC chips struggle to gain traction.
This surprising trend, first reported by Tom's Hardware, has created a production capacity shortage for Intel's 'Intel 7' process node that will "persist for the foreseeable future," despite the fact that current-generation chips utilize TSMC's newer nodes. "Customers are demanding system price points that consumers really want," explained Intel executive Michelle Johnston Holthaus, noting that economic concerns and tariffs have affected inventory decisions.
This surprising trend, first reported by Tom's Hardware, has created a production capacity shortage for Intel's 'Intel 7' process node that will "persist for the foreseeable future," despite the fact that current-generation chips utilize TSMC's newer nodes. "Customers are demanding system price points that consumers really want," explained Intel executive Michelle Johnston Holthaus, noting that economic concerns and tariffs have affected inventory decisions.
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Microsoft has finally released Windows Recall to the general public, nearly a year after first announcing the controversial feature. Available exclusively on Copilot+ PCs, Recall continuously captures screenshots of user activity, storing them in a searchable database with extracted text. The feature's original launch was derailed by significant security concerns, as critics noted anyone with access to a Recall database could potentially view nearly everything done on the device.
Microsoft's revamped version addresses these issues with improved security protections, better content filtering for sensitive information, and crucially, making Recall opt-in rather than opt-out. The rollout includes two additional Copilot+ features: an improved Search function with natural language understanding, and "Click to Do," which enables text copying from images and quick summarization of on-screen content.
Microsoft's revamped version addresses these issues with improved security protections, better content filtering for sensitive information, and crucially, making Recall opt-in rather than opt-out. The rollout includes two additional Copilot+ features: an improved Search function with natural language understanding, and "Click to Do," which enables text copying from images and quick summarization of on-screen content.
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Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House
Opinion Just when it seems they couldn't be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that puts American critical infrastructure, national security, and troops' lives in danger.…
PERTH (ANP) - Virginia Giuffre, de vrouw die prins Andrew beschuldigde van seksueel misbruik, is door zelfdoding om het leven gekomen. Haar familie laat in een verklaring aan NBC News weten dat Giuffre op 41-jarige leeftijd stierf in Neergabby, even ten noorden van de Australische stad Perth.
Giuffre beweerde jarenlang dat Andrew seks met haar had toen ze 17 jaar was. Ook zou ze zijn verhandeld door de veroordeelde en inmiddels overleden zedendelinquent Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew heeft de beschuldigingen altijd ontkend. In maart 2022 troffen Giuffre en Andrew een schikking.
Giuffre meldde eind vorige maand op Instagram dat een schoolbus haar had aangereden en dat ze nog maar een paar dagen te leven had. Dat verhaal werd in twijfel getrokken, omdat de lokale politie zei geen meldingen te hebben gekregen van een dergelijk ongeval.
ADELAIDE (ANP) - Een teckel heeft 529 dagen overleefd op een Australisch eiland. Het beestje, Valerie, werd gevonden door vrijwilligers van Kangala Wildlife Centre, maakte de dierenwelzijnsorganisatie vrijdag via sociale media bekend. Er doken vorige maand al beelden op waaruit bleek dat het hondje nog in leven was.
De teckel verdween in november 2023. Het Australische stel van wie het hondje is, Georgia Gardner en Josh Fishlock, was op dat moment op vakantie in Stokes Bay, een strand op het Australische Kangaroo Island. Het Kangala Wildlife Centre zegt meer dan duizend uur naar het hondje te hebben gezocht. Vrijwilligers legden bij die zoektocht 5000 kilometer af. Het eiland is groter dan de provincie Overijssel.
"We zijn enorm opgelucht en blij dat Valerie eindelijk veilig terug is", aldus de dierenwelzijnsorganisatie bij beelden van het hondje. Er was de afgelopen tijd veel media-aandacht voor de zoektocht, onder meer The New York Times, The Guardian en The Times schreven erover.
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Feyenoord won vrijdagavond met 4-0 van PEC Zwolle, waar Milambo en Paixao de absolute uitblinkers waren. Maar het grote nieuws kwam voorafgaand aan het duel in De Kuip al. Sem Steijn wordt voor een bedrag van rond de tien miljoen euro overgenomen van FC Twente. Dennis van Eersel is duidelijk in Podcast Feyenoord. “Ik vind het bedrag voor hem wel echt veel te hoog.”
